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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] MapServer vs. ArcIMS |
| Date: |
11/09/2005 10:05:02 AM |
| From: |
Kent Hargesheimer |
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I am not a developer, but I know some very smart ones.
I have been told that many of the commercial web map server products on the
market have MapServer at the core since MapServer is Open Source.
Is there anyone out there supporting MapServer for developers like RedHat
does for Linux?
Kent Hargesheimer
Geographic Enterprises
http://www.geo-e.com
tel 919.341.1535
-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Cleary
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:47 AM
To: Lawrence Hartpence
Cc: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: Re: [gislist] MapServer vs. ArcIMS
Hi
A quick note about a key functionality difference. MapServer has the
ability to cascade OGC web services and I don't believe ArcIMS does
(correct me if I'm wrong here folks). Our instance of MapServer is both
a client of WMS feeds from a host of different sources and a server of
these data along with our own project data. This really improves our
ability to explore the context of our own work without grabbing and
re-presenting all of that ancillary data.
ArcIMS is definitely easier "out of the box", but perhaps less flexible
in the long term. I have installed and configured both as a
non-programmer (initially!) and found both manageable. With my
background, tinkering under the hood was not really an option with
ArcIMS, but was relatively easier with MapServer (+ Chameleon).
Jesse
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Jesse Cleary
Department of Marine Sciences
UNC Chapel Hill
http://seacoos.org/
17-6 Venable Hall
jcleary@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4323
Lawrence Hartpence wrote:
>Hello,
>
>For almost two years now, our organization has used ArcIMS to serve maps on
>the web. I attended a workshop which demonstrated MapServer recently and
>found it quite interesting. I would like to know what people out in the
GIS
>community think about the two products. How do they compare?
>
>Also is there any documentation out there describing how both could be
>installed on the same machine to compare them? I use IIS as my web server
>software.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lawrence Hartpence
>GIS Coordinator
>101 1st St N
>Newton IA 50208
>641-792-3084
>hartpence_gis@co.jasper.ia.us
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Jesse Cleary
Department of Marine Sciences
UNC Chapel Hill
17-6 Venable Hall
jcleary@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4323
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